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Need to "Neu" roligical vocab!
100
Mental status, testing cranial nerves, inspecting and palpating the motor system, assessing the sensory system, and testing the reflexes are apart of what examination?
What is a complete neurological examination
100
Describe the function of the olfactory cranial nerve
What is smell
100
Describe the stereognosis test
What is with the person's eyes closed, place a familiar object in his or her hand and ask the person to identify it
100
How long should it take a nurse to preform a mini cog test
What is 5-10?
100
syncope
What is fainting?
200
What exam do you perform when a patient shows signs of increasing intracranial pressure signal impending cerebral disaster and death?
What is a neuro-re-check
200
Name one of the two balance tests
What is gait or Romberg Test
200
Describe the the two-point discrimination test
What is apply two points of a paper clip lightly to the skin and not the distance at which the person no longer perceives two separate points
200
Name one question you would ask a client if for screening suicide?
What is 1. Have you ever thought about taking your life? 2. How would you do it? 3. What would happen if you were dead?
200
verbal repeating of words
What is echolalia?
300
The components: level of consciousness, motor function, pupillary response, and vital signs are a part of what?
What is a neuro-re-check
300
describe spastic hemiparesis
What is arm is immobile against the body with flexion of the shoulder, elbow and wrist. Leg is stiff and extended circumducts with each step
300
what are the three components of the Glascow coma scale?
What is eye opening, verbal response, and motor response.
300
One is a disorder of the brain due to organic cause. The other is a brain disorder of unknown etiology?
What is the difference between organic and psychiatric mental illness?
300
Graphesthesia
What is the ability to read a number traced on your skin?
400
What are the 5 levels of consciousness?
What is alert, lethargic, obtunded, stupor (semi coma), and coma
400
When assessing the Motor System what 4 things are assessed regarding muscles?
What is size, strength, tone, involuntary movements
400
Name the four components of a mental status exam
What is appearance, behavior, cognition, and thought process
400
What does the mental test status test for?
What is immediate and delayed recall, visiouspatial abilities.
400
An abnormal sound or pitch of speech
What is dysphonia?
500
What are the 4 cognitive functions?
What is orientation, attention span, new learning, and judgement
500
Name four tests used to assess coordination and skilled movements
What is Rapid finger alternating movements, finger to finger test, finger to node test, heel to shin test
500
Describe the grading of reflexes
What is 4+ very brisk, hyperactive with clonus, indicative with disease 3+ Brisker than average, may be indicate disease, probably normal 2+ average, normal 1+ Diminished, low, normal, occurs only with reinforcement 0 no response
500
What are the 4 factors that can affect a client's response to the mental status, but has nothing to do with mental disorders?
1. Any known illnesses or health problems 2. Current medications and side effects 3. the usual educational and behavioral levels 4. Responses to personal history questions
500
loss of the ability to communicate through writing and the inability to spell
What is agraphia?
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